Prompt #14: She picked up the shriveled rose, the only tangible remains of their meeting.
Category / Poetry
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #13
Prompt #13 As she wrote the final words and the lights went out, only the air in the room moved…
Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “The Beggar”
Only when one understands the acts of the past
can one reconcile them and see the future.
Medusa is available for purchase at Politics and Prose at http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624291272
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #12
Prompt #12
She threw each piece into the fire, hoping the smoke would not give her away.
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #11
Prompt #11
She walked away from the terminal, a half smile on her face…
Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “Dapania’s Curse”
Truth comes when one is most receptive to it.
Only then can it be understood
and treated with acceptance
Medusa is available for purchase at Politics and Prose at http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624291272
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #10
Prompt #10
In the department store bathroom, she smeared foundation onto her skin, her stringy hair in a messy ponytail, her mind on what had just happened.
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #9
Prompt #9
The gingerbread man fell on the table and no one cared…
Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “Bad Dream”
Some say a mother’s touch is forever
and a child knows her mother from her first
breath. Should a child be stripped of her mother,
the damage the child feels is forever,
a part of the child that will never heal.
Medusa is available for purchase at Politics and Prose at http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624291272
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #8
#8
The light turned green, but she did not move…
J.L. Smith 